Daily Republican., 1887-08-10
A Chain Of Bright Resorts.


Gid you ever potics how many Of the
sesside.resorts on the New jersey coast
are on islandt? Trom Sandy Hook to
Cape May, Q distance Of one hundred !
and twenty seven miles. 10 Q striug Of
resorts, fully seventy Ave In number.
For ct least two thirds Of this distance
the cities are planted upon sandy |
beaches out In the sea. From Sandy |
Hook TO Bay Head the resorts are on |
the main land. These include Long
Branch. Asbury Park. OCEAN Grove
Ocean Beach, Spring Lake and See
Girt, and o dozen places not rs well
known. From Bay Head, 1t the top OF
famous old Barneqat Bay, 1t 10 possible
to sail all the way to Cape May wishoat
going outside ths chain Of islands.
First you will sail down Barnegat
Bay, passing Lavsllette, Ortley, Berb-
ely, Seaside Park and Island Beach.
You oross Barnegat Inlet and skirt the
shore of Long Beach {an island }, psss-
iup Baruegat City Bsach. Ratvey's
Oedars, Beach Haven and Sea Haven.
Across Little Egg Harbor Bay, and
| you enter Absecon Bay, Brigantine Is
land being between you and the ocean
| At the sunken end OF Brigantine you
cross the famous inlet and and yourself
at Atlantic City. Throu zh the thorough
fare and your boat takes yon to Long
port at the end Of the island, Absecon,
which has Atlantic City ut the northern
extremity. Across Great Egg darbor
BAY and you reach Peck's Beach with
Ooean City. Another tbOroughfaIe
aries you past the island to Corson's
Inlet at the northern end OF Ludlam'a
b sach, likewise an island, upon which
Ssa Isle City 10 built Then comes q
series of bays and inlets which lead you
BY Holly Beach and Anglesea Il
Sswelps Point nnd Cape May.
What o marvellous coast this is! And
where can anything like 1t be found
Aud all these resorts have been mRdt
possible and been developed by thu
Psnnsylvania Railroad. 1t TOUGHER
every where. Some syndicate pur
, chases strip OF beach and improves y
Next We hear OF Pennsylvanis hsil
road branch penetrating II. and 10!
blossoms forth In 70 full hede resor
. with hotels and cottages. Before man
years there will be a continuous line Q
l rails from Sandy Hook to Cape Ma
/ Point, with not mile OF unoccupie
l beach land.
Among these resorts you can n ak
your choice. There 10 the fashion 9
Long Branch, OF Key East, OF bea air
4 and Spring Lake; the less fashionsol'
= but still gay and temperate AsDur
> Park; the great Methodist camp
Ocean Grove; the restless, crowded oos
d mopolitanism of Atlantic City, ana %
quiet elegance Of Old Cspe MAY. Tne
:, there 10 the grand fishing and sainne !,
Barnegot Bay and the resorts OF Il
ard thn AunQIIv R0f
fishing OF the bays RCuth CT Atlant
> Oity. Every body goes to Atlantic, aI
}, rich and moor iostle each other on Il
beach and In the hotel lobbies. But
8 you would be rid OF all that. II "
g would travel with q bag instead OF
Y trunk. and enjoy o free and easy II
e lree from the dictates OF fashion, 90
Barnegss City Beach, L)ngport, Ocss
+, City, Sea Isle City and Anglessa.
,s One It the ne ewest places Ia Sea Isl
w 1t is OF easy ACCESS and express trai
over the West Jersey road take you q
10 reotly to 1t in two hours. II ID on
& about Ave years old, and yet 1t rejoic
se In several hundred cottages and vario
|, hotels. Many Of these ere built almt
es upon the very edge Of the sea. beil
separated from it only by sea wi
4. Ave or six feet high. The beach 10 ha
" As a plank. II is of peculiar aualit
The dazzling white OF no many beach
is Is absent IN this. Fine black sand
ii mixed with 1t In such quantities KS
a make 1T easy for the eye. And there
no safer beach to be found anywhe
h. ITS sea wall Is novelty. The "
IF makes 1t possible for houses to be bu
,g CLOSE TO the water, something which
- very rare. Atlantic City aud other
~ SORTS might take an idea from SEA L.
A like wall ct Atlantic would util
lst many hunore1s OF acres.
Id, Yau can do az you please at Sea II
af for fashion will not dictate. II you
,ts tired OF the hurry -burly and wish to
ch cape the crowd there 10 ne better pla
at You can be comfortable and enjoy
oh by the sea In Its purity. Fishing, 90
- ing and grabbing will give you div
sions on the water, and excursion tr
ne to Cape May, Ocean Oity, L'ngport
'es Atlantic City will help you pass
ny fine